VIDEO: A New Jersey Nursing Home Held Their Own 2016 Olympics

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Saturday, August 6, 2016 12:00 AM EDT

CHERRY HILL - Senior residents at Spring Hills Cherry Hill Assisted Living hosted their very own 2016 Olympic games.The opening ceremony played out with Katy Perry's new Olympic theme song, and once the cauldron was lit the games began. "They really like doing active events and like I said its current with the Olympics that's going on right now. So, they're going to be cheering for USA, hopefully, or maybe we have some foreign residents cheer for their home country a little bit," said Amanda Gautier, Program Care Coordinator at Spring Hills Cherry Hill Assisted Living. In addition to the games, faculty staff and the residents had an open discussion about Rio and the Olympics there.